Skip to content
OpenAdvisories
Medium · 4.5 Public exploit CVE-2024-2432 EUVD-2024-27383GHSA-fhrm-j7c4-p862

GlobalProtect App: Local Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability

Published Mar 13, 2024 · Updated Aug 28, 2024 · Assigned by palo_alto

Description

A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows devices enables a local user to execute programs with elevated privileges. However, execution requires that the local user is able to successfully exploit a race condition.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App 5.1 – < 5.1.12, 6.0 – < 6.0.8, 6.1 – < 6.1.2, 6.2 – < 6.2.1 5.1.12

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

GitHub 1 repository

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Advisories 1

References